Been seeing a lot of people moaning lately and maybe someone with an actual shit job might put things into perspective?
I reckon lorry drivers have it the worst - long hours on the road, away from home for not-that-good wage, especially a lot of the polish lads that do it for minimum.
I'm not a lorry driver, I do work as a bouncer and it's pretty kushty
>>11217 I'm not a lorry driver, but I'd assume it's not all bad. I read a story about them loving the fact they make their own hours, if you don't have a family life, thats a plus, and the wage isn't terrible either. I'd be more worried about this sort of shit:
In my experiance really shit jobs have nothing to do with the work, but who your manager is. The more of an insecure power hungry performance driven egotist jobsworth they are the shitter time you are going to have.
I used to wash out tankers and bulk containers at a dairy processing factory. In the winter, I was always on the brink of hypothermia or trench foot; in the summer, I constantly stank of rancid milk. I spent most of my wages on whizz and cheap hash, which made that miserable job just about tolerable.
>>11218 Having known a few lorry drivers in my time I'm inclined to agree. Whilst being a sort who love to complain they all seem rather happy with the freedom the job offers and in the camaraderie they share.
As a bonus the career proves rather resilient with nobody worried about how they will put food on the table in a recession. What more could a man want?
>>11222 Although there are downsides, like the fact you have to deal with utter pillocks on the road on a daily basis. Sitting in a cabin for hours on end is shit and unhealthy. I'd imagine it's a bit dangerous as well.
There is this talk of automating trucks, which will wipe out the professional almost completely, but I doubt that will be even an issue in the next decade or so.
>>11221 I'm writing up my doctoral thesis at the moment, and I have flashes of panic whenever I hit a bump in the road or can't feel bothered to write - where I'll end up cleaning syringes or unblocking sewers or scraping off dried spunk in peep show booths. Somehow, I feel a lot of it is to do with your mental state, and if you are determined to pull yourself out of the mire, you can do so in any job, admittedly it's exponentially harder when you've dug a crevasse of a mire for yourself. Keep it together lad, best of luck.
I got offered £5 an hour to write copy for a Malaysian florist. I told them no but they changed the offer to buying me a flight there and putting me up for up to 4 months, for a few weeks work so I said OK because it was such a weird offer rather than because it was worth it monetarily.
It's not finalised yet but if it does happen it'll be interesting. It's not even writing fresh copy, just rewriting what they already have to sound like British English for whatever reason.
I used to be a lorry driver, long distance and overnight type stuff. It's amazing. Get to see loads of different places and you haven't got a boss breathing down your neck all bloody day and best of all no office politics. And it pays better than you think. As I was out all week I never even had a flat rented, I just used to live in my truck and take home about 700 per week all of it disposable.
I paid for my own license. It was all company trucks that I used to drive. They are actually very comfortable to live in. I have driven trucks that have a separate cabin for living in and even had a shower but they were rare.
You have all of the creature comforts of a good caravan such as auxiliary heating and ac, 240v electricity and a fridge. Buy a low wattage kettle and you are away!
Is it easy to get work for the newly licensed? It's something I'd love to do.
I drive places for fun anyway, and love the idea of 'camping' out in a vehicle. It would suit me well, I reckon, having grown tired of the career I'm in now.
Yes but you are limited to jobs such as trade plating when you first pass. You need a minimum 1 years driving experience before you can get a job with a bigger company.
Trade plating can be fun and you get to drive everything up to fire engines etc.
